Fields of Rust Mosaic

In 1997 I made the transition from executive producer in film to fine art photographer. Since then I have been exploring abstraction, producing painterly work that is more about texture, colour and composition and less about representational subject matter.

In the LIGHT IMITATING ART series, I am drawn to surrealism; images borne out of dreams and the creative subconscious. I experiment with altered light sources, as well as camera motion and double exposure. The ‘Light Imitating Art’ series is shot in studio, utilizing either smooth or textured surfaces, contributing a further subtle element of mystery. In this exciting exploration of random abstraction, a figure or a suggestion of a slightly definable object sometimes emerges. I am often asked: what am I looking at? … the answer is simply, light.

My series of SURFACES has emerged through discovery of art in found objects. Splashes of graffiti or poster remnants create opportunities for compositions, which exist for only a brief moment in time before being painted over or scraped away. I have explored ancient walls in Europe and local industrial sites in search of weathered stone or wood, rusted metal and distressed paint, while finding a fascination in documenting man-made materials’ never-ending attempt to return to nature. I employ closely cropped images to remove any contextual reference, with the objective of creating a painterly, abstract image.

In my LIGHT and FLORA series, I play with light as well as camera motion, to distort the subject matter, creating painterly effect.

2001 through 2007 I had a studio/gallery on Granville Island in Vancouver. This resulted in my work finding its way into private and corporate collections worldwide.

ARTPARIS GRAND PALAIS32 Saatchi Online Gallery artists were chosen from 3777 artists worldwide, to exhibit at the ARTPARIS show in Paris, France in March 2011. Six photographs from my LIGHT IMITATING ART collection were displayed in the show.